San Marino remembers the bishop Negri – Chronicle
On Friday, at the age of 80, Monsignor Luigi Negri, bishop of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro died for eight years, from May 2005 to February 2013, when he succeeded Monsignor Paolo Rabitti. For some days he had been hospitalized in a nursing home in the Milan area. “I knew of the worsening of the infirmity of Monsignor Luigi Negri – writes the bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Andrea Turazzi – Together faithful, religious and …
On Friday, at the age of 80, Monsignor Luigi Negri, bishop of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro died for eight years, from May 2005 to February 2013, when he succeeded Monsignor Paolo Rabitti. For some days he had been hospitalized in a nursing home in the Milan area. “I knew of the worsening of Monsignor Luigi Negri’s infirmity – writes the bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Andrea Turazzi – Together faithful, religious and priests of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro we prayed for him with affection and filial gratitude. One of our delegations was allowed to visit him and bring him everyone’s best wishes. His earthly existence ended on the last day of the year. Monsignor Luigi’s memory contains an infinite number of faces, especially that of young people at whom he dedicated all of himself to teaching, friendship and educational accompaniment “. On 17 March 2005 he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro. It is one of the latest appointments of Blessed John Paul II. He received episcopal consecration on 7 May 2005 from Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop of Milan. He takes canonical possession of the diocese in May 2005 in the cathedral of San Pio V in Pennabilli, where the episcopal seat resides. In July 2005 he created the John Paul II International Foundation for the social teaching of the Church in San Marino. He was very committed to bringing Pope Benedict XVI on a pastoral visit to the Diocese. And the visit of Pope Ratzinger took shape on Sunday 19 June 2011. On 1 December 2012 he was nominated archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio and Abbot of Pomposa. At the head of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro, then, Pope Francis ordained bishop Andrea Turazzi who enters the Diocese on March 2, 2014. “It has not yet been decided – the Diocese informs – when and in what form to At the end of last Friday’s Eucharistic celebration, in the Cathedral of Pennabilli, after the announcement of his death by the parish priest Fr Pier Luigi Bondioni, Bishop Andrea Turazzi gathered in prayer with the faithful present “.
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